Farewell, Jessica Jones: the last woman of the Marvel-Netflix era | Television and radio

MThe sprawling legion of Arvel's big-screen hero rebounded after an extremely debilitating encounter with Thanos. But on the small screen, a much smaller group of justiciaries on the ground were not so lucky. Netflix's experience with Marvel's characters ends today with the launch of the third and final season of Jessica Jones, the private eye embodied by Krysten Ritter, whose strange abilities include tremendously enhanced strength and dynamism nuclear.

It pulls the plug on a frantic exercise of universe creation that, from a seemingly permanent onset, has produced 12 awesome television seasons in just four years, encompassing the overlapping adventures of blind Buttcher Daredevil (three seasons ), bullet-proof charmer Luke Cage (two), Iron Fist (one and done) mystical gap-year (gung ho), The Punisher (two) and The Defenders, a novel, but slightly disappointing, a unique team.

These street-level avengers confronted ruthless crime leaders, augmented henchmen and undead ninja cults, but ultimately failed to defeat business synergy. Once Disney – who owns Marvel – announced the creation of his own streaming service, with a miniseries featuring characters from the Marvel film universe, such as Loki and Scarlet Witch -, Netflix threw the sponge rather than risking the confusion of the brand.

That the Netflix trip to the Marvel ends with Jessica Jones is probably more of a timing accident than design, but that seems appropriate, and not just because the night-time investigator has always seemed most likely to hang out once the latest orders have been placed. When the first season was launched at the end of 2015, it looked like a rare example of television surpassing the movies in the superhero boom, skillfully placing a female character at the center of the stage before Gal Gadot became his own. Wonder Woman movie in 2017.

Here is a hero to share, who has drunk too much, who has slept from time to time in his clothes and who was generally ambivalent about his work. It was refreshing to see a Marvel character who preferred a scuffed leather jacket to spandex, but the sad story of Jessica also sounded at the time. She was a trauma survivor at the hands of David Tennant's Kilgrave, a skinny, self-indulgent villain who used his exotic mind control powers to unscrupulously rob his victims. It sounded like a powerful metaphor of a cultural moment when the ordinary abuse of male power had been dragged late into the spotlight. Largely thanks to Ritter's performance – pleasantly sarcastic, sometimes insightful, but always suspicious – Jessica Jones felt raw and real, which was unusual for genre television.

After being discharged from her contractual obligations at the Defenders, Jessica Jones' second season has felt a little more chaotic, putting her late in conflict with a fateful figure from her past, Janet's formidable form. McTeer. But, even though the plot seemed often capricious, the performances still resonated, especially the push-pull relationship between Jessica and her adoptive sister, Trish (Rachael Taylor), who found themselves in a stalemate as extreme as it seemed improbable that they are reconciled someday.

Season Three picks things up a year later and strives to bring Jessica and Trish closer by intelligently reversing their usual roles. The gruff private eye that prefers bourbon and prefers to work in the shadow is now famous enough to be recognized on the street, which puts it under control of sometimes questionable methods. The former tabloid star Trish, who has spent all his life in the audience, from the children's star to the upset pop siren, to talk show host -show and now, rather sadly, a presenter of shopping chains, has become a masked avenger.

There's also a new villain, Salinger (played by Jeremy Bobb, Nadia's one night in Russian Doll), which takes its time to reveal itself, even though this delay seems to be part of a meticulous overall plan. Unlike the slimy Kilgrave, Salinger apparently has no super powers beyond his boiling white privilege and his determination to bring down powerful women. The fact that it knows how to take advantage of all the law enforcement institutions that heroes are supposed to protect makes it even more dangerous, especially when Jessica is still lacking justice with both hands.

Once Salinger enters correctly into the story, the third season warms up a bit. Nevertheless, it would not be a suitable Netflix Marvel show if there was not at least one small narrative narrative revolving in the center. This narrative trend, the "swelling of Netflix" effect – could prove to be a limited adventure in the enduring legacy of streaming superheroes. But among what was above all a club of powerful characters for boys, it seems that Jessica Jones is the only one to support.

The third season of Jessica Jones is available on Netflix now